Terrific comparison video! Very well done simply articulating the main points, mixing in a few personal preference callouts. This makes sense why I preferred the feel of my 2019 Powerfly FS7 over the 2021 Turbo Levo. The Levo was clearly the superior bike on paper but I felt it was boring to ride on my local trails, which makes total sense now that I watched this. I still have my FS7 and returned the Levo.

Excellent video. I've watched about 250 mtn bike videos the past few years and always wondered about some of what you took the time to explain here. Thank you!

Now some things make a lot more sense. Thank you for that enlightening video 😀

I am very interested in in the Trance E+ 1 and the Reign E+ 1 so this was just the kind of comparison I was waiting for. Thanks for the great work.

such an awesome review and product review.. thanks!

Good explanation of the two styles . i had never quite understood the difference until now .

Brilliant content as usual… great comparison of the two types of bike 👍👍👊🏻

Reviews are awesome. Thanks!

hi sam , thanks a lot for this fantastic point of view about those two bike .. i was waitning long time for a video like this.. u always the numebr one!!!

Hi Sam, nice video, thanks for bringing us the 2 points of view of e-bikes.

Nice one Sam , really considering the trance , great work 😀

Thank for the information. I really like that you didn’t spend the majority of the video showing trail riding!

Great video and comparison Sam! Increasingly blurred lines between Trail and Enduro these days, add the flipchip adjustment to this and it becomes even more difficult to decide. I ride my Reign with flipchip in high giving it 64.5° heat tube angle & turning it into all rounder TrailDuro bike for me. Cheers! 👍

Good video lots of detailed info

Great advice!

Great video. I currently have the Trance X Advanced but kind of wish I bought the Rein. My son has now started to join me so I was going to get the Rien and pass down the Trance so I have access to both.

Sawadee kap Sam, Well thought out video regarding the Trail / Enduro comparison! Blue skies, Jg

Excellent. Mucho helpful.

Great video my love!!!!!

Another cracking video Sam! Really appreciate the time and effort you put into this channel. You deserve many more subscribers. Would be nice to see some Cube bikes on your channel. The Hybrid 140 and 160 ActionTeam bikes would be a good comparison, and would relate to this video too. They're a little bizarre really, as aside from the obvious suspension travel and chainstay size differences, they're strikingly similar. They're also pretty much the same price too, just to add more confusion for the consumer. I've ended up ordering the 140 purely because it was the only one I could get hold of. If you're ever in the UK and want to take it for a spin you're more than welcome. Take it easy mate 👍

Great comparison video! Bea did a great job as well!

I want your job! Always enjoy your reviews. Keep up the good work mate. Interesting conclusion where you favoured the trance. I agree. I reckon a lot of people think bigger travel is always better and head to the big hitters without thinking about what would be the best overall bike for 90% of their riding. A bit like people buying massive 4x4 utility trucks when actually they don’t need it. More for show than anything else. My wife just bought the trance X e+1 …. The aluminium one with the bigger 750 battery. A VG spec and option for the price (NZ$9400). Still in the garage waiting for the rain to clear. Was tricky because she was on the cusp between the size small and medium. Went for medium in the end as the seated riding position (seat to bar) was close to her existing trail bike…and can always put the seat forward a bit and shorten the stem slightly. Ciao from NZ.

Good vid Sam 👌

Nice one Sam! During the bike festival in Willingen I tested over 10 different eMTBs, climbing and bikepark downhill with big jumps and quick bends. Overall my favorites were the Trance and Reign, but I really preferred the playfulness of Reign. But unfortunately the wise people of Giant decided that they don't sell the Reign in the Netherlands and to make it worse they have a very tight warranty policy (only warranty in the country of purchase, at the bike shop where's it's bought). Real shame, loved the bike!

Awesome comparison….👍

Great video

I have the 2022 E1+ enduro Giant and I love it. Going down it feels like a tank. Iam not so skillful that I would want to do jumps but I love to push it and jumps just come when bike flies downhill. Really fun bike.

Tnx, Very useful clip👍👍👍

Oh man, this will be good 👍

Fascinating comparison. Important to know that Enduros arent just for advanced downhill riders, but maybe for less experienced to build confidence. QUESTION: Was the trance you were on the trance advanced or just the trance. I assume it was the advanced because of the live valve. Thx again for all you do.

Nice info. Tks

Brilliant review I have a standard Trance and my wife rides the LIV Intrigue so we were looking to convert to e versions of the same as we mainly ride fire trails here in Australia so this review has confirmed for me that the direct switch is the best option. Thanks again for a super honest review! Have you done any LIV e bike reviews with one of your female colleagues?

Fantastic video! The best comparison I've seen. Unfortunately it hasn't made my Orbea Rise vs Orbea Wild decision any easier 🙈

170mm of travel is the new minimum for a emtb now

Sam , the current ebike winning the EWS-E is a Orbea Wild with a 65.5 HTA, you might need to rethink your head tube angle comments my friend, either way enjoy the vid’s

Good content but a lot of trail bikes have a little slacker head angle then the trance and less fork travel then the reign. My Trek rail for instance has 160 mm front but 64.5° head angle. That's pretty much what the specialized levos for 2022 have as well. Most people categorize the Enduro bikes as having 170 mm front and 160 back I believe. Make some harder to turn in slower technical things and better for going fast.

Giant consistently spelled wrong in the video mate! Killer vid

Great stuff for me currently riding my 29r's ( SS hardtail, geared hardtail, and a Giant Anthem) and looking to go eMTB with a Trance for more travel on my aging/worn out carcass that used to do 40+ races per season. I suspect the time difference gap on the reign vs trance on climbs would increase a lot more on extended (15+ min) climbs compared to the time gap on longer descents?

A very good question

thank you

I bought a 140 trail bike then ended up riding a lot of enduro with mates (who all ride kenevos), which has led to suspension upgrades. I don't think a kenevo would ever be the bike for me but in hindsight I probably would have been better with something in between. Good video but the constant misspelling of Giant throughout kinda distracted me :)

The most important thing for me is not the time (hey, it’s an ebike) it’s what bike is the most fun 👍🏻

Who wooda thought...trail bike better 4 trail centre, enduro bike better for DH :) ...nice review tho, I have the Reign so love to try the Trance.

I was very much on the fence between a trail and enduro e-bike, bought the Reign +1 and absolutely love it. I do everything from 4hr epic cross country rides to bike park on it. Such a versatile and sorted machine. I use the chip in the high position due to pedal strikes but would consider swapping to low on Alpine DH tracks, adding a few PSI to the shock.

Bent my chain ring and spider on my Trance X1 today🤣 I walked away thankfully. Doubt the bike would have made the outcome any different. Flipping a 25kg 29er on a rock garden was an achievement 😅🤦🏽 Great review/ comparison bro!

great ... after ~50 hours of just looking for the best bang for the buck, I was already set on the Reign E+3 (hard budget limit 4800€ as i then can write off 35% ).... but seems a trailbike would be a better fit.. back to start

I am super happy with the Reign.

Nice bikes man 👍 these are the ones Carlos is and you are riding? Blue one looks sexy man. Enjoy pie night

At the start you spelt GIANT incorrectly did you notice before uploading? Not being critical I just noticed I really enjoyed your content thanks for a terrific video will be subscribing

Thanks for the video. I'm thinking about these two as my first e-mountain bike. During my research I have seen several forum comments about '22 Reign frames cracking. Do you know anything about this? Thanks.

Would be nice to see the runs in normal speed

Got a trance.29r and just wondered where ya had the flip chip as it slacken fork angle

Batteries rated by “watt-hours”,’ or amp-hours, motors are rated by watts.

I wanted to get a bike for inspecting properties with. Riding behind homes through grass and on streets. I wanted to buy something super comfortable with a lot of assist that will go through grass and sand great. I live in Florida so it’s fairly flat. Which one would you recommend? Thanks for the awesome videos!

bike doesn't look bad, but damn that spaghetti incident up front is an eyesore.

Which is better.. Scott Genius 920 or equivalent spec Giant Trance?

How would you compare the trance to the latest trek rail, which is preferable.

what happens if you have a trail and you want more travel in the front and put a 170 in the front from a 150 ?

nice comparo but Trance is carbon and Reign is Alu - if you rode alu Trance the times would be closer. great riding, and great RV

Hey mate. I believe you have a spellcheck mistake in the title of the enduro. At 01:32

What is the weight of the bicycle?

it is no brainer at all - I would pick up the enduro anytime!

Hi what is the app you are using

Sam how do you know locking out the suspension on the Reign is faster going uphill?

I believe the reign frames are cracking near the bottom of the downtube....

I went to the giant website. I saw the E bikes and there were soooo many types and prices. What’s the difference between all of them!? Please help!

Is the current gen Levo considered a trail or enduro bike?

Dude. Same title mistake in how to write Giant at 05:47

Endooro?

Giant instead of Gaint.

I bought a stance e+3 2023 on sale for £2700 an couldve got the reign for £400 more...now im selling my stance to get the reign. Trail bikes for me are great but i want something with more agility and pop. My bike skills are fairly decent and i dont like xc style rides i want to be flying through black trails like a mad twat.

Same 6:20 :)

The name classification is extremely confusing. The name Enduro has traditionally been used for a motorcycle that is equally useful on the road as off-road. Why they chose to use the category of Enduro for a bicycle expect to be more useful off-road is beyond me. Very confusing and ridiculous in my opinion. But I think I finally understand after months of trying to figure out the categories. Downhill bike I'm assuming is for extreme downhill trails which is probably obvious. Enduro is more extreme trail riding and technical riding off-road A trail bike is one step less aggressive which I assume is for most people and their mountain bike needs. The next step up from there I'm confused on again. Would that be a gravel bike ? Gravel bikes look more like road bikes to me so I'm not really sure. Then commuters and road bikes are a little bit more obvious. Someone please correct me because believe it or not there is no website that I have found that really describes the classifications. Most manufacturer websites are a bit vague with their classifications or at least how they explain the different classifications if they bother to explain them at all. Most of them just assume that you know the different classifications. I called a trek dealer one time to try and get clarifications and they were completely useless as well. They merely said it depends on what use I want to use them for. Well news flash! I want to know what the bikes are best suited for and then I will decide which one will suit me best. This video is the best I have found to explain the difference between two classes of bikes and it is greatly appreciated. However I wish there was more videos like this to go into great detail of the common classifications nowadays. Any reasonable person would rather know the classifications and capabilities of bicycles first and then ask a professional more details to decide what would be best shoot them.

I prefer a non electric bicycle for rocks, and mountains.

Might consider getting the bike manufacturer name correct in your editing :( GAINT

nice electric dirt bikes bruh

"Gaint" Trail bike, huh? xD

Who rides downhill with their seat post in full leg extension position? He's obvious never gotten a seat in the ribs after taking a hard drop.

And so on…. 😂

Gaint? Come on guys.

I have the giant rein e+0 it has been a nightmare. The freehub broke and destroyed the entier hub. Dropper workin like shit. Brakes unblead. And worst of all the bike turns off random and wipes the setings i have to take the battery out and in to turn it on again. It lastet 2 months and 250km😡 it has been in the shop for 3 weeks🤬 thinking about quitin this sport. Do not recoment this bike even for my enemys

Almost the same. Negligible differences.

🤙🏾🫵🔝

they both have too many wheels

these bikes are so ugly. but i prefer the enduro bikes. my specialized kenevo turbo or the propain ekano as a mullet in large!!! climbing and trail Performance.

Wont recommend Giant ebikes. Mine only lasted 1k miles. 3 months on, still in the shop no parts available yet. 🤦‍♂️👎

The motor makes it so youd always choose more travel. Plus ebikes need more travel